Machete Ban.
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snooky
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I wonder how the upcoming ban on machetes and zombie knives will affect us Gardeners.I bet that quite a few of us have a machete-type tool in our sheds, which is essential for clearing overgrown areas readying them for cultivation, because Sod's Law it is possible that a nosy or do-gooder member of the public/neighbour will report the use or carrying of it to the site to the authorities.
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I have two hatchets and some kitchen knives, just as dangerous in the wrong hands and as for my 2-stroke strimmer........
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I think as long as you don’t go waving them about in the street, Snooky, you will be fine!
It’s like a lot of these things, the criminals just move onto something else, and the ordinary people are the ones that lose out…..
It’s like a lot of these things, the criminals just move onto something else, and the ordinary people are the ones that lose out…..
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I told you so!!!!!
A man who was cautioned for carrying a bladed trowel in public has said he was given no choice but to accept the reprimand because police were unable to contact a solicitor for him.
Armed police were sent to challenge Samuel Rowe as he walked home from his allotment in Chorlton, Manchester, carrying the tool, a peeling knife and a sickle.
The 35-year-old theatre manager said he was held for 12 hours, before being told he had to accept the caution without representation or face longer in custody.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said Mr Rowe had admitted possessing a "dagger" and was given a conditional caution, which entailed advice about the law on the carrying of bladed weapons in public.
The keen gardener said he was terrified when the armed officers, who did not draw their weapons, arrived outside his home on 3 July.
He said the officers were shouting at him to "drop the knife".
"I said I didn't have a knife and they told me to drop the knife again," he said.
"So I dropped my Japanese hand gardening sickle and a handful of privet that I just cut off the hedge.
"They turned me around, pushed me up against my house, handcuffed me, then put me in the back of a van."
A man who was cautioned for carrying a bladed trowel in public has said he was given no choice but to accept the reprimand because police were unable to contact a solicitor for him.
Armed police were sent to challenge Samuel Rowe as he walked home from his allotment in Chorlton, Manchester, carrying the tool, a peeling knife and a sickle.
The 35-year-old theatre manager said he was held for 12 hours, before being told he had to accept the caution without representation or face longer in custody.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said Mr Rowe had admitted possessing a "dagger" and was given a conditional caution, which entailed advice about the law on the carrying of bladed weapons in public.
The keen gardener said he was terrified when the armed officers, who did not draw their weapons, arrived outside his home on 3 July.
He said the officers were shouting at him to "drop the knife".
"I said I didn't have a knife and they told me to drop the knife again," he said.
"So I dropped my Japanese hand gardening sickle and a handful of privet that I just cut off the hedge.
"They turned me around, pushed me up against my house, handcuffed me, then put me in the back of a van."
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Scythe's or sickles...
A 2lb lump hammer is just as dangerous, so is a 3' bit of baler twine......
A 2lb lump hammer is just as dangerous, so is a 3' bit of baler twine......
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I've always got my knives in my back pack, fortunately kept in there until I use them on the plot. I did have a funny incident with trying to order a scythe for trimming the front grass, only a baby one not a big guy. Order accepted & gone through then received an e-mail saying I couldn't have one due to some rule. First question why are they selling them then??
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